David J. Baker

David Jewett Baker (7 September 1792-6 August 1869) was a US Senator from Illinois (D) from 12 November to 11 December 1830, succeeding John McLean and preceding John McCracken Robinson.

Biography
David Jewett Baker was born in East Haddam, Connecticut in 1792, and his family moved to Ontario County, New York when he was a child. Baker became a lawyer in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1819, and he served as probate judge of Randolph County from 1827 to 1830. In 1830, he served in the US Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the death of John McLean until John McCracken Robinson was elected to succeed McLean. Baker then served as a US Attorney from 1833 to 1841, and he died in 1869.